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I had left the old ring in my ear overnight and through the day (it's a nuisance to take the things out), and after work I went down to the Village and started trying plausible-looking tattoo/piercing shops. (My main criterion was that that the shop doesn't have drug paraphernalia in the front window, and is just selling tattoos and/or piercing.) The first two didn't have suitable jewelry (I think one might have, but the person behind the counter was stuck on the idea of what jewelry was for ears and what was for other piercings, even though I said I wanted a captive bead ring.)
I stopped in at Varsano's and got some chocolate, then kept looking. The third (or was it fourth?) shop didn't have colored captive bead rings (they had some colored jewelry, straight or slightly curved barbells, but the man said he didn't think it would look good/really be visible in an earlobe). I asked to take a look at the black rings, and now have a black captive bead ring (ring and bead both) in my right ear. It seemed reasonable to try something different, after a decade or longer with the purple niobium (Felix, do you remember what year you got your nose stud and I got this?). If I change my mind, I can look around for a colored ring again, and tuck this one away somewhere.
I also inquired about reworking my cardinal tattoo; the piercer said he could do it, and quoted me a price, but when I asked about his portfolio he pointed me back to the cashier, who started showing me things on the shop's website. I have their card, and may look through more of it later. $150 is reasonable, the question is whether he has a good eye for color.
I stopped in at Varsano's and got some chocolate, then kept looking. The third (or was it fourth?) shop didn't have colored captive bead rings (they had some colored jewelry, straight or slightly curved barbells, but the man said he didn't think it would look good/really be visible in an earlobe). I asked to take a look at the black rings, and now have a black captive bead ring (ring and bead both) in my right ear. It seemed reasonable to try something different, after a decade or longer with the purple niobium (Felix, do you remember what year you got your nose stud and I got this?). If I change my mind, I can look around for a colored ring again, and tuck this one away somewhere.
I also inquired about reworking my cardinal tattoo; the piercer said he could do it, and quoted me a price, but when I asked about his portfolio he pointed me back to the cashier, who started showing me things on the shop's website. I have their card, and may look through more of it later. $150 is reasonable, the question is whether he has a good eye for color.
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